Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 10, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba 6 Winnipeg free press tuesday october 10, 1978 grand opening door prizes free roses first m Coffee t donuts saturday oct. 14 9 9 . Nation Lack of safeguards against chemicals hit jeep City 900 Nairn pm. 669-3574 Ottawa up with More than two million chemical compounds in existence scientists have grown increasingly concerned about their effects on Man particularly in the work place. And the Lack of adequate safeguards against some of those chemicals was made apparent last week in a Federal report about Canada s compliance with the International labor code. As far As Canada is concerned there is not even a list of cancer causing substances affecting employees says Ken Eaton of the department s International and provincial relations Branch. The problem is a crucial one Eaton said in a recent interview and United states government scientists said last month occupational exposure to cancerous substances probably causes at least 20 per cent of All cancer deaths in that country. That figure is a conservative one they said and estimates run As High As 38 per cent with Asbestos singled out As the most dangerous. Howard Currie director general of the newly formed Canadian Centre for occupational health and safety which makes its Public debut in Winnipeg next week said the assessment and designation of hazards leading to occupational cancer will have to be tackled immediately. The Centre established in april by parliament is Nei ther a government department nor a Crown Corpora Tion. Former labor minister John Munro said then the today s forecast Ideal test driving weather. See Yoiiro new am do filor. Am news there s a new spirit at am. Come on Down and meet your new am dealer. A new am location in Winnipeg Good news Ken Devisser and his team join am. He has the full line of exciting 79 am cars available right now for your inspection. The sporty new 79 am spirit do lift Back and Sedan. The Small car plus that offers Caber Fae Corduroy bucket seats split fold Down rear seat sleek instrument panel and much More As Standard equipment. The.79 am pacer the big car in a compact size. Pacer s wide Comfort Able Interior luxurious individual reclining front seats and remarkable visibility will make a pacer test drive an impressive experience. D in Factor Aro a the 79 am Concord do. A real Success because it offers new car buyers luxury and Good value. The 79 Concord do has a Long list of Standard features including a Landau roof White Wall tires Quartz digital clock and More. And the 79 Concord do is available in a 2 or 4-door Sedan 4-door Wagon or sporty Hatchback. Tho amx for 79 is bold and commanding with performance styling that sets it apart from the others. With its Long list of Standard performance features it is one car that looks the Way it will act. And for 1979, All 79 am cars Are backed by american motors exclusive buyer Protection plan and the am 36-month perforation from corrosion warranty. See your am dealer for Complete details. Whether you re looking for a new car a Quality used car or expert maintenance and service visit your new am dealer today. He s anxious to know you and to serve you. Ramc Regency am 900 Nairn ave., Winnipeg 669-3574 or 667-2473 n pacer Concord do 2-door Sedan individual has a right to know what risks he or she undertakes at work and the Centre responsibility to promote that the Centre will have no regulatory Powers. Currie says that is our real strength because As a self govern ing organization it will not have to rely on departmental approval or bureaucratic red tape. People May think of us in terms of a toothless Tiger but one of the difficulties in Canada is there is no Cen trial source of Good scientifically based data to advise regulators about occupational Currie said. However the science Council of Canada published last year a series of reports on government policies for the containment of six poisons Asbestos Lead Mercury oxides of nitrogen radiation and Vinyl Chloride. Included were recommendations for a similar National advisory Council on occupational and environmental health to be responsible for publishing standards of maximum permissible Levels for hazards including those already listed. The reports designed to draw attention to the regu lations governing toxic substances in the work place illustrate the considerable confusion that exists within and among governments which is accentuated by the regulators the Council said. Referring in particular to Asbestos and Mercury the Council concluded the Federal government is not aggressive enough in using whatever political muscle it has when the Poison is concentrated in one prov Ince. And jurisdictional problems have made Mercury pollution in Northern Ontario difficult to Deal with the Council said. Was the identification control and amelioration of this problem the responsibility of the department of National health and welfare of environment Canada of the provincial departments of health of the department of Indian affairs and Northern develop ment or All of the science Council asked. Quebec for example with its Many regulations on toxic elements such As Asbestos and excessive number of administrators make those regulations difficult to apply one Council report said. Yves Berube Quebec natural resources minister has said his government is preparing a report on occupational health and safety which will include the prob Lem of asbestosis. Inhaled Asbestos which can damage lung cells and tissues causes asbestosis. The potential Hazard was first suggested in 1907, the Council said. Quebec has been a world Leader in Asbestos mining for More than a Century. Undoubtedly constitutional factors influence the pos Tures adopted but the Federal reticence displayed in the Asbestos and Mercury cases seems to be More readily explained by historic balances of political Power in the Canada Quebec Ontario the Council said. But Federal regulations can successfully be applied As in the recent edict by the government department which called last month for a 95 per cent reduction in Vinyl Chloride emission by Canadian firms. The Gas has been linked As a cause of Angi Sarco a a form of liver cancer and other serious health hazards. The new regulations Are expected to reduce Vinyl Chloride emission to 250 tons a year from ions by july i 1979, the department said. Unionist urges probe into workers deaths James Bay que. Up Veteran Trade unionist Michel Chartrand has called for a Quebec govern ment inquiry into the recent deaths of three workers at the Multi billion hydroelectric project in this Northwestern Corner of Quebec. Chartrand a confederation of National Trade unions adviser told workers during a weekend tour of the Region the deaths resulted from failure to observe elementary rules of safety. To protect the he asked Why does t the government enforce safety rules As strictly As it enforces traffic Laws or even Protection of wild spokesmen for the James Bay Energy corp. Said the workers had been attempting to defuse unexploded dynamite that had been discovered As trac tors cleared blasted Rock from a Quarry site. 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